Job Description
Understands supports and promotes the mission, vision and values of Organization. Provides age appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body. Provides professional leadership through the supervision of the patient care team, and the maintenance of clinical standards and quality of patient care within the unit during their shift. Adheres to and promotes the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi.
Promotion of health and delivery of health education
Understands supports and promotes the mission, vision and values of Organization. Provides age appropriate patient care according to the Nursing Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body. Provides professional leadership through the supervision of the patient care team, and the maintenance of clinical standards and quality of patient care within the unit during their shift. Adheres to and promotes the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi.
Promotion of health and delivery of health education
Key Responsibilities of the role Corresponding Key Activities performed by the role Leadership
- Facilitating the infection control program through expert advice in infection control practice for all stakeholders clinical and non-clinical. Collaborating with all departments on departmental policies related to infection control.
- Providing advice and facilitating the occupational health, laboratory and the environmental health and safety staff in the event of a blood born pathogen and body fluid exposure incident or any other Infection Prevention and Control issue.
- Assists in risk and needs assessment for all departments around infection prevention and control issues.
- Playing a key role in infection prevention and control committee.
- Assisting line manager in related policy review or revision.
- Participating in product evaluation process related to the field of Infection Prevention & Control
- Assisting in the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies, led by line Manager and in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team that is effective and improves patient outcome.
- Making self-accessible for infection prevention and control consultation in all phases of the change process.
- Team and consensus building within and across stakeholder groups.
Demonstrates knowledge of microbiological and epidemiological principles supporting the Infection control program by ensuring strong collaboration with all staff. Helping staff the translate program into practice. In absence of line Manager Communicating with SEHA and where required DOH on reportable infectious diseases, endemic and epidemic situation in the community Participates and facilitates in surveillance and epidemiological investigation:
- Assists with the design and implementation of surveillance systems according to latest NHSN definitions
- Collecting and reviewing, surveillance data with in line Manager
- Analyzing and interpret surveillance data under the supervision of line manager.
- Facilitates appropriate actions of clinicians and administrators based on Recommendations of Senior which are targeted to reduce or eliminate infectious risks in patients and staff.
- Performing active surveillance on device and procedure associated infections in the hospital and following up on epidemiological importance organisms/diseases as directed by Senior.
- Collection and compilation of surveillance data
- Perform Medical Record Review and use electronic surveillance systems, access to/use of electronic databases/electronic data warehouse (EDW), other related applications, algorithmic detection and reporting processes, clinical decision support, infection prevention within the electronic health record
- Assists in conducting outbreak investigations
- Conducting contact tracing related to exposure of patients to communicable diseases as directed by senior
- Preparing and maintaining confidentiality of all aspects of infection prevention and control surveillance data collection, storage and distribution
- Helps differentiate among colonization, infection, and contamination with in line Manager or appropriate colleagues for clinicians
- Assists with investigations to identify occurrences, reservoirs, incubation periods, periods of communicability, modes of transmission, signs and symptoms, and susceptibility associated with the disease process
- Interpret results of diagnostic/lab reports under supervision
- Recognize limitations and advantages of types of tests used to diagnose infectious processes
- Recognize epidemiologically significant organisms for immediate review and investigation, highlighting them to senior
- Works with Senior to differentiate among prophylactic, empiric, and therapeutic uses of antimicrobials and Identify indications for microbiologic monitoring
- Works in collaboration with…
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